# Alert Noise

> The degree to which monitoring many signals generates alerts that drown out the meaningful ones.

Record: `lexicon:alert-noise`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Observability](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/observability.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-alert-noise

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Structured Events](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/structured-events.md) and before [Blind Operation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/blind-operation.md).

## Category

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/observability-auditability-traceability.md)

## In tension with

- [Monitoring](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/monitoring.md)
- [Monitoring / Alert Noise](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/alert-noise-monitoring.md)

## Linked from

- [Observability / Auditability / Traceability](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-observability-auditability-traceability.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)